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State comparison · 2025

Actuaries salary: Connecticut vs Virginia

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Actuaries in Connecticut earn a median of $166,800. In Virginia, $131,900. After cost-of-living, the gap is 23.4% — not 26.5%.

Nominal pay gap
+26.5%
Connecticut vs Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
+23.4%
After BEA Regional Price Parities

Connecticut

Actuaries

Median
$166,800
p25
$129,170
p75
$198,260
p10
$99,430
p90
$228,810
COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
103.6
Hiring velocity (180d)
-36%
See full breakdown for Connecticut

Virginia

Actuaries

Median
$131,900
p25
$100,580
p75
$166,920
p10
$82,120
p90
$212,740
COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
101.1
Hiring velocity (180d)
-20%
See full breakdown for Virginia

BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. Cost-of-living adjustment from BEA Regional Price Parities (overall index). Hiring velocity from DOL OFLC public disclosure data, recent 180 days vs prior. See methodology.